Toy motion-picture device



Nov. 24, 1925. 1,563,090

L. A. KING TOY MOTION PICTURE DEVICE Filed Aug. 4, 1924 Patented Nov. 24, 1925.

UNITED LELAND A. KING, OF CHICAGO, ILLINQIS.

TOY Morrow-PICTURE ssvrcs.

Application med August 4., 1924.. serial No. 729,934.

To all whom it may cooper/i.

Be it known that I. Lemur) i lune. a

citizen of the United States, residing in Chicago, Cool-1 County, Illinois. have invented certain new and useful improvements in Toy lilotion-Pict'ure Devices, of which the following is a si'iecilication.

The present i'nu'novements relate to mot'ion picture devices of the hind in which there is arot'atable meniber provided with pictures and sight openings throughwhich the operator views the pictures by reflection from amirror. v

The chief object of the present improvements is to increase the eliiciency of such devices to provide interest and amusement.

In the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 shows a preferred form of the device in what may arbitrarily be termed a rear view; F 2 'shows'the same device in what may similarly be called its front view Fig. 3 shows a section of the device of Figs. 1 and 2 "as on the broken line of Fig.1, this figure also showing how the device is normally "used; Fig. 1 is a face view of a modified form of the device and F 5 is a section through the device of Fig. l on the line thereof.

le'ferring' to Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive the structure illustrated includes a disc-like member which -may be of cardboard or other thin sheet material, and a supporting me'n'iber 1.1, also preferably of thin sheet material, the disc 10 being pi'votally mounted, as by an eyelet 12, upon the support. The supporting 'n'iember 11 is positioned face to face with the disc and su'bsta iitially overlies the disc on one of its sides, but, as will be noted, the edge of the disc extends beyond the edge of the supportwhereby the disc may readily be contacted by a linger of the operator and rotated by a 'sl'iarp brushing or flickingmovementv of the hand. The supporting men'iber is QXlttltltfl sufficiently, preferably at the "bottom, to provide means for holding it between the linger and thumb of't'he operators other hand.

The disc 10 has pictures on both of its sides, which pictures are such as to give the e'li'ect of action or motion when the device is normally in use. The ones shown in Fig. 1 produce the effect of flopping a pancake over from a pan, while those shown in Fig. 2 show a hog or hogs in the act of leaping.

The disc 10 has a plurality of sight-openings 13 circumferentially spaced apart and having a pair of apart horizontally oration.

preferably arranged near the margin of the disc. To produce the desired ellect there is a relationship between the pictures and the sight-openings as 13, which relationship va ries according to the pictur or desired effect, is well ttlltlBlStUOd in the art, and requires no description here. This coiiper'at'ive relationship exists with respect to the pictures on both sides of the disc 10 in the present device.

The supporting member 11 is shown as sight-openings 1 f spaced the average normal width between the eyes of ,a person, and are so positioned as "to register respectively with sight openings 13 in the disc 10. The optical effect of motion in the pictures would be produced with only one, sight opening as 1.4:, but it is preferable to have 'two for better vision. The arrangement of the sight openings 13 and 1 1 is such that the operator loolzs through two, sight openings 13 simultaneously, the distance between the sight openings Ll corresponding to that between adjacent ones of the sight openings 18.

lhe supporting ine-n'rb'er 11 is provided with an exposure "opening: 15 through which the pictures on the side of the disc like member facing the supporting menrber may be exposed. This opening as 15 may have various shapes aewii'rding to the picture to be exposed thereai. The construction in this respect has the iu'iportiant function of blockinn out or concealing from view pictures other than the particular one to be viewed at a given instant. and while the material surrounding the opening '15 is =1rela tively stationary, the eli'ect is very much like that of a shutter in that only a single picture is in full view at each particular moment of op- According to Fig. 1 the figure illustrated stun s out fas a single individual flopping "the ncake, while acciirding to Fig. 2 the o j eratmf sees a plurality of hogs, all in action, juuu iing over the obstruction. For some kinds of pictures the shutter-like elfect according to Fig. 1 is preferable, while for others, as in Fig. 2, the interest is probably heightened by the impression of a numher or series of things in action.

hat part of the supporting member 11 contiguous to the sight openings 14 may be termed a shield overlying a portion of the disc-like member and having a sight-opening or openings therein. By covering the pictures on the rear side of the disc 10 at the sight-openings l t some confusion to the eye is avoided. I i rei erably provide a darle eucd area, as l6, adjacent to the sight-oped ings i l and a darkened area 17 adjacent to the sigrhleopenings 13 on both sides of the disc 10 for cou'itort to the eye of the operator and tor better picture effects. This feature in devices t this general character is claimed in my .l atent No. 1,526,79 l, Feb. 17,

Reterriu" to lf'igrs. 4t and 5 the disc is to be con dered as having; pictures on both sides thereot, tor instance the same pictures as are shown on Figs. 1 and 2. The supporting men'ibe" Eil may be considered to be of thin sheet metal bent upon itself, the disc 20 being rotatably mounted, as upon an eyelet 22, etween the sides of the supporting; member 21. The marginal. sight openings 24- and the relatively fixed sight openings 23 may be considered in all respects in accordance with sight openings 13 and Ll respectively in the other figures. he shield portion 21 is shown as being the same on both sides, and the oppositely-(iisposed si ht openin 's 23 are in alignment with each other and with the sight openings 24 as they successively reach the openings The mirror as reflects the pictiiires to the eye whichever side or" the device is turned theretoward.

I contemplate as being included in the present invention such modifications 01" and departures from what is herein specifically illustrated and described as fall within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a motion picture device of the Cl1fl1 acter described, the combination ot a Hat disc-like member having circumferentially-spaced-apart sight openings and having; pictures on both. sides operatively positioned in relation to said sight openin for motion picture eltects, a supporting member on which the disc-like member is rotatably mounted, the supporting member having a shield part face to face with the disc-like member, said shield. part being of insufficient extent to cover the disc-like member whereby some picture matter on the disc-like member faced toward the supporting member is exposed to view while other 01 such matter is covered by the shield part, the shield part having a sight opening registering successively with the sight openings in the disc-like member when the latter is rotated, the arrangement being. such that the operamo em;

tor may look in either direiiilion through the registering sight openings toward a niirror and obtain motion picture efiects by reticetion of the pictures on the side of the disclike member facing the mirror.

2. In a motion picture devire oi"; the character described, the combinathm of a [lat disc-like member having; marginal sight openings circumterentially-s;wat'edbpart and having pictures on both operatively positionec for motion et ects in relation to said sight openings, supporting member on which the disc-like n'iember is rotatably mounted, the support r member having a part face to face with the disc-like memher and overlyii {1' the disc-like member only partially whereb g'iicture on the disc-like member faced toward the supporting memher is exposed to view. said part of the supporting member having; a sight opening registering successively with the sight openings in the disc-li e member when the latter is rotated, the aa'angement being such that the operator n ay lool: in either direction through the registering sight openings toward a mirror and obtain motion pictureeifects by reflection of the pictures on the side of the disc-like member facing the mirror- 3. In a motion picture device of the character described, the combination of a fiat disc-like member having pictures "for motion etfects on both sides thereof, a supporting member upon which the disc-like member is rotatably mounted, the supporting memher having a part substantially overlying the disc-like member on one side thereof a ud having a pieture-exposure opening therein whereby successive pictures on the disolilie member may be exposed thereat, the disclike member having a plurality of circun'iferentially-spaced-apart sight openines therein cooperatively arranged for motion picture effects with the pictures on both sides of the disc-like member, the support ing member having a sight opening regi, ing successively with the sight openings ill the disc-like memb r when the latter is tate-d, the arrangement being such that the operator may look in eitl'ier lirection through the alining' sight opening tord a n'zirror when the dish is rotated. relative to the supportino member and obtain mo tion picture etiiect by reflection of the pictures on the side oi the rotatable member facing the mirror.

LELAND A. KING. 

